Edition details
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. (New edition). Introduced by Michael Dirda. Ten full-page colour illustrations, including three double-page spreads; three page full-colour illustration fold-outs; two drawings by Mu Pan. Limitation label printed on Wibalin Recycled Natural Storm paper signed by Mu Pan and Michael Dirda. Printed in blue and black ink throughout. Textured dark blue paper endpapers. Black ribbon page marker. Bound in red leather with an inset leather white whale label. Dark blue clamshell box covered in blocked Coloretta cloth with white leather title label on front and white lettered title on edge, and lined in light blue mottled Suedel luxe Alaska cloth. 29.2x20.3cm. 664pp. 750 copies. (£530).
About the book
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick follows the sailor Ishmael aboard the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab. Ahab is obsessed with hunting the enormous white whale that previously destroyed his leg, gradually turning the voyage into a dangerous personal crusade. The novel combines maritime adventure with reflections on obsession, fate, nature, religion and the limits of human understanding. Narrated by the sailor Ishmael, the novel ranges far beyond a simple adventure story, exploring whaling, religion, fate, nature and obsession.
